Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Recently, the public discussion about marriage and about the propriety of its redefinition has once again become prominent. It is a discussion that is certain to continue for a long time yet. In light of this, the Assembly reaffirms the…
There has been much discussion around the internet these days on the purpose of the church. The Roman Catholic bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts recently told one of the Roman Catholic colleges in his diocese to disinvite a speaker who is…
The National Review – In Catholic churches across the country, parishioners were read letters from the pulpit this weekend from bishops in their diocese about the mandate from the Department of Health and Human Services giving Catholics a year before…
Last week I posted an essay about the removal of the Conscious Clause from the Health Care Law. In essence it removes the right of religious institutions, such as the church, from objecting to an insurance policy that allows payment…
As you have noticed I have removed the previous post from the blog, after much thought and reading of peoples comments, so I can clarify my position a little bit more. It was not an easy decision as I have…
Yesterday I wrote a post about the Orthodox Church position on homosexuality. This post was inspired in part by the deaths of kids because of the fact that they are gay. I took some heat for not condemning the bullying…
The past few weeks have seen the number of young people being targeted for their homosexual identity then it has in years past. Recently TV personality Ellen Degeneris, herself a lesbian, posted a video about the bullying of people who…
Recently some folks have asked me about being cremated and what does the church teach about cremation. I have been giving this some thought and found this wonderful explanation on the website of St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church. The bottom…
A recent story on CNN.com outlines a problem in the Massachusetts town of Walpole. It would seem that a resident, whose property is located next to the high school in the town, is flying the Confederate Flag. The story continues…
While two-thirds of Haiti’s debt ($1.2 billion) was cancelled in June 2009 thanks to the efforts of faith groups and debt activists, the country still has $641 million in debt on its books. This is because the debt relief agreements…